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Book and newspaper sales up 20.5% on 2007Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for September indicate books are bucking the flat national retail trend. While retail trade figures for the Septe...
PEN sets up 'libel watch' in the UK
Free-speech group PEN has set up a 'libel dossier' in the UK, and is asking publishers to alert it whenever they are asked to change a book on legal advice.
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Dymocks debate raises funds for literacyThe Dymocks Literacy Foundation held its annual fundraiser last Thursday, at a debate event where guests Adam Spencer, Rob Carlton, Julia Morris, Chris Cheng, R...
IPA and PEN condemn prosecution of Turkish publisher
The International Publishers Association (IPA) and the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN have 'strongly condemned' the sentencing of Turkish publisher Ragıp Zarakolu for 'insu...
PEN petitions China to release imprisoned writers
Free-speech organisation PEN has announced a pre-Olympics campaign to petition China to release 39 writers imprisoned 'for exercising their right to speak and write freely.'
Moorhouse wins 2007 PEN Keneally award
Frank Moorhouse has been named as the recipient of the biennial PEN Keneally Award. The award, named in honour of author Tom Keneally, recognises ‘an achievement in promoting freedom of ex...
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